Here are the most current news releases and opinion pieces from the Health Department. Title Date Take advantage of expanded hours at walk-in vaccination clinics in December 12/15/2022 Vermont State Youth Council Holds Inaugural Meeting 12/15/2022 Be Bright at Night During Darker Months 12/01/2022 Make The Great American Smokeout Your Day to Quit Tobacco 11/15/2022 Now is the Time to Get Your Flu Shot 11/07/2022 Vermont Initiative Gives Clinicians New Tools for Infectious Disease Diagnosis and Response 11/03/2022 State Launches Plans to Address Alzheimer’s Disease and Healthy Aging in Vermont 11/02/2022 Dispose of Unwanted Medications Safely on Prescription Drug Take Back Day 10/27/2022 Chittenden County Seeing a High Number of Animals with Rabies 10/19/2022 Vermont WIC Program Celebrates WIC National Enrollment Week 10/10/2022 Vermont Investigating Cluster of Legionnaires’ Disease Cases in Franklin County 10/04/2022 Vermont Launches Initiative to Reduce Rising Number of Suicides 09/27/2022 Vermont Gets the Lead Out of Drinking Water in Schools and Child Care Facilities 09/20/2022 Falls Prevention Key to Healthy Aging 09/12/2022 New COVID-19 Booster Vaccine Now Available in Vermont 09/06/2022 Vermont Adds hMPXV Vaccination Opportunities, but Supply Still Limited 09/01/2022 Vermont Employers Recognized for Policies that Support Worksite Wellness 08/26/2022 Vermont Mosquitoes Test Positive for West Nile Virus 08/22/2022 Vermont Celebrates World Breastfeeding Week 08/01/2022 Annual Rabies Bait Drop Set to Begin 08/01/2022 Vermont Announces First Case of Monkeypox Virus (hMPXV) Infection 07/29/2022 Five Vermont “Asthma Friendly Schools” Recognized 07/25/2022 Julie Arel Named Deputy Commissioner of Health 07/20/2022 Cyanobacteria Blooms Begin Annual Reappearance in Vermont Waterbodies 07/18/2022 As the Weather Heats Up, a New Map Shows You Where to Cool Down 06/30/2022 CDC Recommends COVID-19 Vaccines for the Youngest Children 06/18/2022 Vermont’s COVID-19 State-Run Testing Sites to Close June 25 06/16/2022 Stay Safe at Swimming Holes this Summer 06/15/2022 Beneath Our Skin: COVID 19 Vaccination Storytelling in Vermont 06/14/2022 Vermont Supports Families Through Infant Formula Supply Chain Shortages 05/18/2022 New Resources are Available to Promote and Support Driver Safety for Older Vermonters 04/19/2022 Vermonters Encouraged to Watch for Changes in Pandemic-Related Drinking Habits 04/07/2022 Funding Available to Community Organizations for Health Equity Capacity Building Grants 04/04/2022 Vermont Simplifies Recommendations for Preventing Spread of COVID-19 03/14/2022 Governor Encourages Vermonters to Order At-home Tests 01/20/2022 Vermont Launches First Phase of Online Ordering & Delivery of Rapid COVID-19 Tests 01/12/2022 Vermont to Partner with National Institutes of Health to 'Test' Online Ordering & Delivery of 500,000 Rapid COVID-19 Tests 01/06/2022 Vermont Launches 12-15 Booster Efforts 01/06/2022 Statement from Governor Phil Scott on Expanded Booster Approval 01/03/2022